Edward J. M. Little Quotes
Meese was a sleaze.
Referring to the actions of United States Attorney General, Edwin M. Meese III, in the Wedtech case. This was a very unusual situation where a United States Attorney publicly admits to the bad behavior of a former Attorney General.
Edward J. M. Little, U.S. Attorney, Address to the jury, Federal District Court, Manhattan, July 21, 1988
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Marshall was one of the greatest soldiers who ever served America. He was the Chief of Staff throughout the Second World War and then served as Secretary of State. It was he who devised and implemented the Marshall Plan. McCarthy accused thousands of people of being disloyal including Marshall. He claimed to have lists of communists in the Army and other agencies of government, but never produced such lists. In addition to being a overbearing demagogue, he suffered (and died from) from a serious case of alcoholism. McCarthy’s false and irresponsible attacks eventually caused the Senate to censure him. That and his drinking destroyed his career. Marshall is remembered as one of America’s great figures.
Franklin was the superstar of his day in terms of popularity—especially in Europe. However, his informal, social style together with his late hours and popularity with the ladies, together with the fact that he seemed on good social terms with even enemies developed a combination of jealousy, frustration and even suspicion by some of his diplomatic colleagues.
Henry Wheeler Shaw 1818-1885
Kerry had just finished a formal presentation, and thought that the microphones he was wearing had all been removed. Some opponents accuse him of knowing that he was overheard by live mikes.
He was Governor-General of Korea when he made this statement. “Squeeze” was the word for bribes literally translated then from Korean. In most instances of racial discrimination “laziness” is almost always attributed to the so called “inferior” people, like the British with the Arabs, and the American Southerners with the Negroes.
See {586119} for an earlier English version of this point.
"Honest Abe" was not an appellation for Abraham Lincoln concurred in by all:
Referring to political columnist Drew Pearson:
